Baling-press



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BALING PRESS.

No. 497,090. Patented May 9, 1893.

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L. A. GORNI'NG.

BALING PRESS.

(No Model.)

No. 497,090. Patented May 9, 1893.

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LUCY A. CORNING, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,090, dated May 9,1893.

Application filed January 23, 1892- Serial. No. 419,016. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCY A. CORNING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of \Vinnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in baling-presses, as alreadystated, the several novel and useful features whereof will be fullydescribed and claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved baling-press,with the baling-chamber ready to receive, and the plunger in position tobale, a charge of hay. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, showing theposition of the plunger as it is about to complete the baling of acharge of hay. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the.baling-press, at the dotted line 3..3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a like viewof the same, at the dotted line 4. .4 in Fig. 2eX- cept that thecam-lever is not shown in section in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is a verticaltransverse section, at the dotted line 5. .5 in Fig. 2, of parts thereshown.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

A A are any bearings suitable for the machine to rest upon. Thesebearings may consist of the rear axle and bolster of a wagonwhen aportable press is requiredthe wheels whereof may be removed or sunk intothe earth, in order to bring the press sufficiently near the ground toallow the animals operating the same to readily pass over theplunger-bar thereof. 7

B is a base-plate fast to the part' A.

G is a baling-chamber, having a feed-opening 0 therein and a feed-hopper0 located over the latter.

D is a plunger, adapted to be freely reciprocated in the baling-chamberO.

D is a way-preferably of channel-iron connecting the baling-chamber Cand baseplate 13.

D is a plunger-bar, fast by its inner end to the plunger 0 and adaptedto be freely slid or other similar rigid part might be substituted forthe friction-pulley D without departing from the spirit and scope of myinven tion, though with less satisfactory results.

E is a cam-lever, approximating in form a figure 6, provided with adownwardly-projecting cam-flange E curved to coincide substantially withthe bent portion thereof, and pivotally mounted on the base-plate B bymeans of a stub-shaft E 4 F is a folder, hinge-jointed by one end to thebaling-chamber O, projecting into and op erative in the feed-opening Ctherein, and actuated downwardly by means of a spring F. The function ofthe folder F is to fold or turn down the upwardly projecting looseportions of each charge of hay as it is baled, thereby leaving the topof the completed bale smooth and even.

The herein-described baling-press is adapted to be operated by means ofanimals hitched to the free end of the cam-lever E travelinground-and-round.

It is well understood, by those versed in the operation ofbaling-presses, that the power therefor must be applied in an increasingratio, that is, the first part of the operation requires, but veryslight, and the last part of the operation very great, power. Havingthis fact in mind, I have contrived the cam-lever employed herein sothat the cam-portion E thereof, when it first engages with theplunger-bar D, Fig. 1, drives the latter and its plunger D rapidly, atthe expense of power, while the cam-portion E thereof, as itis about todisengage from the plunger-bar D, Fig. 2, drives the latter very slowlyand with very great force, at the expense of speedthe long arm of thelever lengthening and the short arm shortening as the operation ofbaling progresses.

I claim-- 1. In a baling-press, in combination, the plunger, theplunger-bar connected, by one end thereof, therewith, the cam-leverapproximating in form a figure 6, provided with a downwardly-projectingcam-flange E curved to coincide substantially with the bent portionthereof and adapted to engage with the free end of the plunger-bar anddrive the same and its plunger into the baling-chamber of the press, andsuitable bearings for all said parts, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

2. In a baling-press, in combination, the balling-chamber, the plungeradapted to freely reciprocate therein, the plunger-barconnected. Withand projecting from the rear end of the plunger, the friction-pulleymounted on the out-er end of the plunger-bar, the pivotally-mountedcam-lever approximating in form a figure 6, provided with adownwardly-projecting cam-flange E curved to coincide substantially withthe bent portion thereof and being adapted to engage with thefrictionpulley and thereby drive the plunger-barand its plunger into thebaling-chamber, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a baling-press, in combination, the baling-chan1ber having afeed-hopper opening thereinto, the plunger adapted to slide therein, theplunger-bar fast thereto and provided with a Way wherein to slide, thecamlever E approximating in form a figure 6, provided with adownwardlyprojecting camflange E curved to coincide substantially withthe bent portion thereof and pivotallymounted and engaging with thefriction-p111 ley thereon, when all of said parts are arranged andcombined substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a baling-press, in combination, the baling-chamber provided with afeed opening having a folder operative therein,the plunger adapted toslide in the baling-chamber, the base-plate having a suitable bearing,the Way connectingthebaling-chamberandbase-plate, the plunger-bar fastto the plunger and adapted to slide in said Way, the cam-lever Eapproximating in form a figure 6, provided withadownWardly-projectingcam-flangeE curved to coincide substantially withthe bent portion thereof and pivotally-mounted on the base-plate andengaging by said cam-flange With the friction-pulley on the free end ofthe plunger-bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

LUOY A. CORNING.

Witnesses:

L. L. MoRtnsoN, E. F. DOWLING.

